Automobile-wheel.



E. K. BAKER.

AUTOMOBILE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. e, 1911.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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fn ven for 12@ I( Baker E. K. BAKER.

AUTOMOBILE WHEEL. APPLICATION ULEB PBB.6,'1911.

1,095,779, Patented may 5, 1914.

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Unire sfrarns rA'rEN'r LELE K. BAKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SSIG'NOR T0 UNIVERSAL RIM COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

.AUTOMOBILE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, iota.

following is a full, true, clear, and exact de.

scription, such as will enable others skilled l in the art to make and use the same,

My invention relates to improvements in demountable tire carrying rims for automobile wheels and has special reference to improvements in and modications of the socalled bolted-on demountable rim described and claimed in my cao-pending application Serial No. 566,605, tiled June 13th, 191C.

The object of this invention is to improve the means for connecting the ends of integrally flanged and transversely split demountable rims.

My invention consists generally in a onepiece integrally flanged and transversely split demountable rim having studs or projections extending inwardly from its ends in `combination with a plate having openings to fit said studs and therewith serving to -positively though detachably tie the ends of the rim together against lateral separation and expansion.

My invention also consists in the' various novel constuctions and .combinations of parts all as hereinater described and particularl pointed out in the claims.

The invention will be more readily uni derstood by reference tothe accompanying drawings which depict my invention in its preferred form, and' in which,

Figure 1 shows an automobile wheel and tire'e'qui'pped with a de'mountable rim em- @dying my invention, portions of the rim and tire being shown in section; Fig. 2 is an enlargement of the sectioned portion of Fig. l; and, Fig. 3 is an enlarged View of the inner periphery of the yrim disclosing the split or out in the rim and the means which I' employ to connect the ends of the larger than the. wheel and is secured thereto by wedge lugs and bolts.

E is the felly of the wheel E andF is the telly band. The rim C being of greater cir- A cu!nference,\a circumferential or annular' space B is formed between the wheel and telly band. This space admits the wedge port-ions of the wedge or clamping lugs G by which the rim is centered, supported and secured upon the Wheel. lThe rim has a sulistantialy cylindriealbody portion@a and its two tire retaining flanges C are integral therewith..

V nepresents the valve stem of the pneumatic tire A. The stem extends from the tire through a hole V"pnavided in the body portion C of t-he rim, and also passes through the hole V" in the telly E. At a point adjacent, tothe value stem hole'I transversely split the rim, as by sawing it through transversely'. rBhe split or cut in the Vrim is shown at D. My punpose in splitting the rim in this manner is .tofacilitate and enable the placing of the rim within pneumatic tires, particularly such; as have nonfstretchable base beads, which, obviously,l would prevent the use of an endless rim having integral flanges. I provide the ends of the rim with inwardly extending studs L', preferably two on each end of the rim. These studs are preferably of 'suiiicient length to cross the space BA and are accommodated in holes Sl in the folly band and telly. The studs are preferably pointed to facilitate their placement in the holes S at the time that the valve stem' is passed through the As both ends of the rim are thus joined. to or engaged with the wheel telly it is clear that the rim is held againstc circumferential movement on the wheel. 'The studs are called? drivers for this reason. To hold the ends of the rim together and in circumferential and transverse alinement, both while' the rim is on the wheel and before it is placed thereon, I employ a simple curved plate L having aliole V" for the valve stein V and having ,holes L for the studs L. The holes L are so positioned that when the plate is in place on the studs and againstthe inner periphery of the rim the split D is practically closed. The'plate bridges the split and being of a thickness to substantially fill the space D it serves as a spacing elenent between the rim ends and the telly band, thus properly supporting the ends of the rim.`

In practice I make the holes in the plate and fitting the parts together. A nut N may be used on the valve steni to hold the plate in place when not mounted on the wheel. The rim is mounted upon and demounied irom the wheel in the same manner as in the case' ,and provided with inwardly extending studs on its ends, in combination with a curved split-bridging member perforated to fit said studs and therewith tying the rim ends ton gether in alinement and serving vas a spacer, substantially as described. i

'3. A one-piece transversely split demounte able rim of theherein described bolted-on class, having integral tire holding anges and provided with inwardly extending studs on its ends, in combination with a curved splitbridging member perforated to tit said studs and therewith tym the rim ends to# gether in alinement, su stantially as described.

4. A one-piece transversely split demount able rim of the herein described bolted-on class, having integral tire holding flanges.

and provided with driving parts on its ends and projecting from its inner periphery, in

combination with a detachable member serving tov tie said driving parts together andA hold the rim ends in alinement.

5. A one-piece transversely split demountable rim of the herein' described bolted-on class and having` integral tire holding flanges, in combination with a curved split-bridging spacer member, said member and the rim ends having inter-fitting holes and studs and tying the rim ends together In alinement, substantially as described.

G. A one-piece transversely split demonntable rim of the herein described bolted-onclass and having integral tire holding anges, in combination with a curved splitbridging spacer member, said member and the rim ends havingfnterftting holes and studs and tying the rim ends tog-ether in alinement, and said rim `and member containing valve stem holes, substantially as de-l scribed.

7, A one-piece transversely split demountable rim of the herein described bolted-on class having integral tire-holding flanges and provided with parts projecting from its inner periphery, a detachable member serving with certain thereof to tie said. rim

ends together and hold them in alinement, .and one of said inwardly projecting parts adapted to serve. as a driver.

8. A oneiece transversely split demonntable rim. o the herein described bolted-on class, in combination with a complementary wheel -upon which the rim is mounted, said rim being provided .with rim-end connecting l parts projecting from its inner periphery," a detachable member serving totie said connecting parts together and thus hold the rim ends together'and in alinement, there being jupon said rim and the felly'of the wheel complementary driving 4projections and intertting sockets. In testimony. whereof, llliave hereunto set my hand this 18th day of January, 1911, in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses-- v ERLlE Witnesses JOHN R. VBE,- En'ean F. BEAUBmU. 

